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BFI Flare
London LGBT Film Festival
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Stories help us understand ourselves and others. In recent years we’ve found so many kinds of queer stories in film, television and video games. This year’s BFI Flare programme demonstrates just how rich and diverse LGBTQIA+ stories in film can be. For so long, our histories were largely hidden – invisible to many. It took generations of individual and communal bravery, ingenuity and struggle to make us visible. Throughout this exciting programme, you will find so many wonderful and previously untold stories; both imagined and those that explore our truths and personal histories – ones that shine a light on the champions who preceded us. And filmmakers have the power to help us remember them so vividly. We can’t wait for you to delve into the stories in Flare this year. Whether you find them at the BFI Southbank or on BFI Player, it’s our pleasure to welcome you to being part of our BFI Flare community.
Tricia Tuttle, BFI Festivals Director and Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive
From the BFI Flare programmers
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well, someone should put a limit on that fondness, because our hearts are about to burst. It’s hard to believe it has been three years since Flare last took over BFI Southbank, filling its screens, bars and corridors with that unique, yet somehow indefinable, sense of queer magic. Since then, we have brought the Festival into your homes with Flare online – a new tradition that we are delighted to be continuing this year. But let’s be honest, nothing beats the feeling of being surrounded by your chosen LGBTQIA+ family, basking in the glow of great cinema. And now that we are finally back, we hope you’ll agree it’s with a bang. Over the 12 days of Queer Christmas we want to make you laugh, cry, think, scrutinise, question, debate and… well, give you all the feels. You deserve them. We’ve missed you!
Grace Barber-Plentie, Jay Bernard, Michael Blyth, Zorian Clayton, Brian Robinson, Emma Smart, Festival Programmers
Films A to Z
All films screening in the BFI Flare Festival 2023.
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A
- Aban
- Afeminadas
- After Sunset Dawn Arrives, screening in the short films programme Ageing With(out) You
- After The After Party, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Afterparty, screening in the short films programme Music is the Food of Love
- Alba Vulva, screening in the short films programme It’s Not You, It’s Me
- All I Ever Wanted
- All I Know, screening in the short films programme Keep It Together
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- American Parent
- Auto da fé, screening in the short films programme Only Connect
B
- Le Beau Mec
- Before I Change My Mind
- Big Boys
- The Blue Caftan
- Blue Jean
- Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Bread and Salt
- Buffer Zone, screening in the short films programme Music is the Food of Love
- Butch up!, screening in the short films programme It’s Not You, It’s Me
C
- The Chambermaid
- Chrissy Judy
- Christopher at Sea, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
- CHROMA 11
- Clara
- Cousins, screening in the short films programme It’s Not You, It’s Me
- Cracks Will Come, screening in the short films programme Music is the Food of Love
D
- The Dads
- A Different Place, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
- Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs In Their Limpias?, screening in the short films programme Ethereal Existence
- Dorothy Towers, screening in the short films programme The Shadow Tells It Differently
- The Dream Songs
- Drifter
E
- Eating Papaw On The Seashore, screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
- Egghead & Twinkie
- The Empress of Vancouver
- The End, screening in the short films programme Ageing With(out) You
- Every Waking Moment, screening in the short films programme Music is the Food of Love
F
- The Fabulous Ones
- Fierce: A Porn Revolution
- Fish, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
- Fish Boy, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
- The Five Devils
- Flores del Otro Patio, screening in the short films programme Don’t Take the System for an Answer
- The Funnel
G
- G Flat, screening in the short films programme Music is the Food of Love
- Gaia, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
- gaze, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
- Gem, screening in the short films programme Ethereal Existence
- Golden Delicious
- Golden Voice, screening in the short films programme Don’t Take the System for an Answer
- Grace & Sophie, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Grafting Self, screening in the short films programme Ethereal Existence
- Gyal , screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
H
- He Fucked the Girl Out of Me
- HERE [Epilogue], screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
- Hold On To Me, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Home, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Horseplay
- House of LaBeija, screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
- How to Tell a Secret
I
- I Was Never Really Here, screening in the short films programme Keep It Together
- Iago And Tristan, screening in the short films programme Keep It Together
- IN FONDO AL MARE, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
- Inside, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Insieme Insieme, screening in the short films programme Ethereal Existence
- It’s been a year, screening in the short films programme It’s Not You, It’s Me
- It’s Only Life After All
- Its Ugly Head
J
- Jess Plus None
- JEWELLE: A Just Vision
- Joey’s Heart, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Just Johnny, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
K
- Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn
- Kitchen Sink Fantasy, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Kokomo City
L
- The Language, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
- Leila, screening in the short films programme Don’t Take the System for an Answer
- LGBTQ+ VR Museum
- Lie with Me
- Life in Love: Cinthia & Robyn, screening in the short films programme It’s Not You, It’s Me
- Life Unrehearsed
- Little Richard: I Am Everything
- Live On Without Me
- Lotus Sports Club
- Love, Barbara, screening in the short films programme Ageing With(out) You
- Loving Highsmith
M
- Mars, screening in the short films programme Ethereal Existence
- Maybe Someday
- Mel
- Monica
- Mooncake, screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
- More than brave
- My Dear Boy, screening in the short films programme Only Connect
- My Name Is Andrea
- My Pana, screening in the short films programme Music is the Food of Love
N
- NARCISSISM – The Auto-Erotic Images.
- Neo Nahda, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Night Ride, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Nuit Blonde, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
O
- Oisín, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Outdoors, screening in the short films programme Only Connect
P
- The Pass, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
- Pasture, screening in the short films programme Don’t Take the System for an Answer
- PEAFOWL
- Pedro Feels Like Dancing, screening in the short films programme Keep It Together
- The Perpetrators, screening in the short films programme The Shadow Tells It Differently
- A Place of Our Own
- Polarized
- Prejudice & Pride – Swedish Film Queer
- Private View, screening in the short films programme Ethereal Existence
- Pure, screening in the short films programme Only Connect
R
- Repair, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
- Ripples, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
- Rule 34
- Runaways, screening in the short films programme Only Connect
S
- Scaring Women At Night
- Scred TBM, screening in the short films programme Only Connect
- The Script, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Silent Love
- The Siren Song, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
- Something You Said Last Night
- Standard Deviation, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II
- The Stroll
- Summer, screening in the short films programme Keep It Together
- Swallowed
- Swim, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
T
- Tabanca, screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
- The Inspection
- This Is You, screening in the short films programme Keep It Together
- Three Nights a Week
- Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Tow Truck, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme
U
- (Un)fit to Work, screening in the short films programme In a Truthful Space
- Ungentle, screening in the short films programme The Shadow Tells It Differently
- Unidentified Objects
- Unless we dance, screening in the short films programme Chasing the Divine
- Upwards Tide, screening in the short films programme Sea, Swallow Me
W
- We Are Here Because Of Those That Are Not
- Where do all the old gays go?, screening in the short films programme Ageing With(out) You
- Who I Am Not
- Willem & Frieda
- Winter Boy
- Wolf and Dog
- Woman Meets Girl, screening in the short films programme One Night Only
- Write Here, screening in the short films programme Ageing With(out) You
X
Y
- Ya Benti, screening in the short films programme It’s Not You, It’s Me
- You Like That, screening in the short films programme I Need I Want I Will: UK shorts programme